Rotary mulching mower
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1. A rotary mulching mower comprising:
- (a) a housing defining a cutting chamber, said housing having ground engaging wheels rotatably affixed thereto for supporting said housing above the ground surface;
(b) a cutting blade disposed within said cutting chamber for rotation about a generally vertical axis, said cutting blade defining a generally horizontal cutting path;
(c) means mounted on said housing and connected to said cutting blade for rotatably driving said cutting blade; and
(d) a kicker member mounted to said housing within said cutting chamber said kicker member having a striking surface lying generally in a plane oblique with respect to said generally horizontal cutting path, and disposed in the path of grass clippings to deflect the clippings generally downwardly into said cutting path;
whereby the clippings are deposited beneath the surface of the grass.
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A rotary mulching mower having a housing which defines a cutting chamber and has a kicker mounted therein to direct grass clippings generally downward into the cutting path. A cutting blade is mounted to the housing and disposed within the cutting chamber for rotation about a generally vertical axis. The cutting chamber is generally cylindrical and in the preferred embodiment a plurality of kickers are mounted within the chamber and spaced apart about its circumference. The mower has a central deck that encloses the cutting chamber and a rear deck with vertical sidewalls that taper rearwardly from the central deck to a rear wall.
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1. A rotary mulching mower comprising:
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(a) a housing defining a cutting chamber, said housing having ground engaging wheels rotatably affixed thereto for supporting said housing above the ground surface; (b) a cutting blade disposed within said cutting chamber for rotation about a generally vertical axis, said cutting blade defining a generally horizontal cutting path; (c) means mounted on said housing and connected to said cutting blade for rotatably driving said cutting blade; and (d) a kicker member mounted to said housing within said cutting chamber said kicker member having a striking surface lying generally in a plane oblique with respect to said generally horizontal cutting path, and disposed in the path of grass clippings to deflect the clippings generally downwardly into said cutting path; whereby the clippings are deposited beneath the surface of the grass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A rotary mulching mower comprising:
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(a) a housing with ground engaging wheels rotatably mounted thereto, said housing further comprising; (i) a central deck member defining a generally cylindrical cutting chamber, said central deck member having a bottom edge disposed above the ground surface and about which air is ingested into said cutting chamber, said bottom edge defining a plane sloping downwardly and forwardly with respect to a forward direction of movement of the mower; (ii) a rear deck member extending from said central deck member and having vertically disposed sidewalls that taper upwardly from said bottom edge of said central deck member to a rear wall; (b) a cutting blade disposed within said cutting chamber for rotation about a substantially vertical axis, said cutting blade defining a generally horizontal cutting path; and (c) means mounted atop said central deck member and connected to said cutting blade for rotatably driving said cutting blade. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A rotary mulching mower comprising:
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(a) a deep deck housing defining a cutting chamber, said housing having ground engaging wheels rotatably affixed thereto for supporting said housing above the ground surface; (b) a cutting blade disposed within said cutting chamber for rotation about a generally vertical axis, said cutting blade defining a generally horizontal cutting path; (c) means mounted on said housing and connected to said cutting blade for rotationally driving said cutting blade; and (d) a plurality of generally planar kickers mounted to said housing within said cutting chamber and disposed circumferentially about said cutting path and in the path of grass clippings, said kickers mounted obliquely with respect to said generally horizontal cutting path and sloping downwardly, inwardly toward said generally vertical axis, and forwardly with respect to the direction of rotation of said cutting path to deflect clippings generally downward and inward into the cutting path of said blade. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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